Advanced technologies such as GenAI, ML, and NLP continue gaining momentum, yielding greater efficiency and savings across all areas of talent acquisition (TA). Vendors are becoming more expert in applying these tools, improving TA outcomes and candidate experience, reducing candidate bias, identifying resources at the highest risk of flight, and predicting a candidate’s cultur[...]

    The workplace environment continues to transform, directly impacting the priorities of HCM vendors. Top of mind is ensuring employee engagement and wellness throughout the HR lifecycle, supporting all workplace scenarios (i.e., on-site, remote, hybrid), career tenure, and generational preferences. Organizations are investing beyond mobile-enabled routine task accessibility [...]

  Recruitment process outsourcing provider Advanced RPO acquired Aspirant RPO, headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, on May 1, 2024. Advanced RPO delivers full-cycle, project-based, custom, and high-volume RPO solutions to its clients across high-growth, mid-market, and enterprise sectors. The acquisition enriches Advanced RPO’s offering, specifically adding front-end talent acquis[...]

  ADP recently held its 2023 Analyst Day (#ADPaday) event at its Chelsea Lab Innovation Center in New York City, where ADP leaders and clients shared strategies, product roadmaps, transformational impacts, and industry insights related to the human capital industry. As the company nears its 75th anniversary in 2024, ADP President & CEO Maria Black shared the company's three [...]

  The week of March 13, the 2023 ADP Meeting of the Minds (MOTM) Conference saw more than 3,000 participants descend upon downtown Atlanta. ADP leaders, guest speakers, and clients shared data and insights on industry trends, economic forecasts, and the overall health and direction of the human capital industry. At a high level, six economic trends are reshaping the global labor mar[...]

Earlier this month, the 2022 HR Technology Conference saw more than 400 vendors and 5,000 participants descend upon the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Hotel & Conference Center. Attendees presented industry trends, learned from colleagues, viewed demos of the latest technologies, and met face-to-face in what felt like a pre-2020 setting. Several key observations from this year's conference [...]

On September 15, Atlas secured a strategic equity investment of up to $200m in partnership with Sixth Street Growth. Atlas specializes in direct employer of record (EOR) solutions and enabling technology, contractor pay, consulting services, HR service delivery, and global mobility & visa offerings. The company is focused on supporting clients’ international expansion strategies i[...]

  Safeguard Global acquired Global Upside Corporation, a global expansion, technology, and services company based in San Jose, CA on January 25, 2022. Global Upside specializes in EOR services, new entity incorporation, human resources, accounting, payroll, and tax & compliance solutions. The country footprint across both organizations is well aligned. This acquisition will add [...]